AIIMS Central Library is known by the name of Dr. B. B. Dikshit library after the name of the founder director of the institute. It came into existence in 1957. It was originally accommodated on the ground floor of the pre-clinical block, after that it was shifted to its present premises in 1973. The Library building consists of two floors with a carpet area of 27000 square feet and seating capacity of 350 persons. Since August, 2003 the library remains open round the clock, seven days a week including Sundays and holidays except national holidays

This is one of the best reference Library &information centre in the field of medical sciences in South Asia having huge repository of more than73,142 books, 78,727 bound journals, 8503 thesis and access to more than 1,500 online journals in the field of medical sciences. Library also have the access of important Medical Science databases like Access medicine, BMJ Best Practice, BMJ Case Reports, UPTODATE, Web of Science, NEJM Journal Watch etc. Library holdings can be accessible through library web OPAC. Library resources can be retrieved through Web Scale Discovery Service by EBSCO called “Single Point Search (iSearch@BB Dikshit Library)”. It is a single interface for accessing print and digital resources of the library. BBDL also provide remote access facility of E-resources for the faculty and research scholars.